summerize article
Summary Checklist
Go through the sample summary and identify all the required elements. Then use the checklist to ensure that this sample summary meets all the criteria for a passing grade.
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Does the summary have a title that is different from the title of the article? |
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Does the summary have the author’s first and last name, article year and title and a reporting verb in the summary’s first sentence?
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Does the first sentence include the topic and the main idea of the article? |
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Are all the main ideas of the article included in the summary? |
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Is the author’s family name (last name) and a reporting verb repeated at least two times in the summary? (e.g., Smith (1998) further argued that...) |
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Is the entire summary written in the own words of the writer? (Did he/she paraphrase appropriately?) |
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Does the summary include only the original author’s ideas/opinions? |
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Are clear and appropriate transitions and connectors used? |
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Grammar: Did the writer edit the summary to fix errors in capitalization, grammar (verbs, word form), spelling, sentence structure, and word choices? |
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Did the writer avoid plagiarism? |
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